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The Whitewater Girls’ Basketball Team traveled to Saint Thomas More for the first regional game of the WIAA Tournament on Wednesday, February 23.
It was a fast-paced and physical game. Saint Thomas More’s speed took the Whippets out of their game at the beginning of the first half. We were down 5-21 with six and half minutes left in the first half when Cali Kopecky hit a 3, giving us a spark to fight back to get within 10.
To start the second half, senior Lexi Juoni hit a 3 to put us within 7. The Cavaliers tightened up their defense, making it difficult for us to connect offensively. The Whippets fell short and finished their season, losing 39-57.
Danielle DePorter led the Whippets with 11 points and 2 rebounds. Junior, Cali Kopecky followed with 10 points (2 for 2 from the free throw line), and 8 rebounds. Senior Gwen Truesdale added 5 points and ripped down 9 rebounds. Josie Treder contributed 4 points and 4 rebounds. Senior Lexi Juoni scored 3 points and had 2 rebounds. Kindyl Kilar had 2 points and 5 rebounds. Mayte Navejas and Calli Grosinske both added 2 points.
Article Submitted by Kristen Lippens
Whitewater High School Head Girls’ Basketball Coach
klippens@wwusd.org
File Photo Courtesy of Bob Mischka
By Chris Lindeke, Assistant Athletic Director, Strategic Communications and Branding, University of Wisconsin-Whitewater
Wednesday, February 23, 2022
The No. 11 ranked University of Wisconsin-Whitewater women’s basketball team punched its ticket to the program’s eighth appearance in the championship game of the Wisconsin Intercollegiate Athletic Conference Tournament (presented by Culver’s) with a 67-59 win against UW-Oshkosh on Wednesday night at Kachel Gymnasium.
With the victory, the top-seeded Warhawks (23-3 overall) advance to host No. 3 seed UW-Eau Claire in the title game this Friday at 7 p.m. inside Kachel Gymnasium.
Aleah Grundahl posted 19 points, seven rebounds and four assists to lead UW-Whitewater, which closed the game on a 12-4 run. Rebekah Schumacher hit the go-ahead 3-pointer with just under two minutes to play and tallied 12 points with two blocks.
Johanna Taylor registered 12 points, eight rebounds and three blocks, and Kacie Carollo collected 11 points and five rebounds.
UW-W held the fourth-seeded Titans (19-6) to 35.0 percent shooting, including 29.4 percent in the fourth quarter.
The Warhawks jumped out to an 8-0 advantage, holding the Titans scoreless until the 5:11 mark of the first quarter.
Carollo gave UW-Whitewater a 14-5 advantage with 3:06 left, but UW-Oshkosh finished the quarter on a 10-0 run for a 15-14 lead.
The Warhawks responded with a 9-0 run to start the second, including five points from Grundahl, for a 23-15 advantage with 7:14 on the clock. UW-W led throughout the final 9:16 of the quarter, but the Titans drew to within 32-29 by halftime.
UW-Oshkosh scored the first eight points of the third and led by as many as six points in the quarter. UW-Whitewater took the lead at 43-42 with 2:49 left on a 3-pointer by Carollo, and back-to-back jumpers by Veronica Kieres and Schumacher gave UW-W a 49-46 lead headed to the fourth.
The Warhawks started the fourth with six straight points for a 55-46 advantage with 6:54 on the clock, but the Titans responded with seven straight points to trim their deficit to 55-53 near the halfway mark of the period.
One minute after UW-Oshkosh tied the game with 3:12 on the clock, Schumacher put UW-W ahead for good with a 3-pointer, and Grundahl’s 3-point play made it a six-point game with 1:25 remaining.
After a basket by the Titans, Grundahl pushed the lead back to six with just under a minute to play. Carollo hit a pair of free throws with 29 seconds to go, and Maggie Trautsch hit two more with 20 seconds left.
UW-Whitewater and UW-Eau Claire will match up for the third time this season. The two teams split a pair of games, with the Blugolds taking the most recent game 81-71 on Jan. 22 in Eau Claire.
The Warhawks seek their third WIAC Tournament championship in program history.
The Whitewater High School Gymnastics Team had their conference meet on Friday, February 18, in Elkhorn. We had some amazing routines and a lot of personal best scores. The Varsity team had their highest team Beam score of the season with a combined 6 out of 8 no-fall Beam routines! Their hard work on Beam has really paid off. The Varsity team also had their highest overall team score of the season – upping last week’s team best score to 110.875.
Brooklyn Griswold (Courtesy Bob Mischka)
Nola Coburn had one of her best performances of the season with her highest Vault, Beam, and All-Around scores. Nola had a no-fall Beam routine and increased that score by almost ½ point. She increased her all time high All-Around score to 25.325.
Makayla Bazeley also had a great showing with an all-time best Beam score with a 7.75 and a no-fall Beam routine. She also tied her highest Vault score of the season and was close to her best All-Around score.
Halee Peters had a beautiful no-fall Beam routine where she almost tied her high score. She tied her personal best on Bars and tied her All-Around score of 32.4.
Brooke Bazeley had a no-fall Beam routine. Congrats to Brooke for a no-fall Beam season!
Miyu Takeda had a season best score on her Floor routine.
Myia Cobbs tied her season best score on the Vault and had no-falls on Beam.
Estefany Reyes-Saldana also had a no-fall Beam routine.
The girls take on sectionals Friday, February 25th, in Elkhorn. We know they are going to rock their routines and improve their best scores!
Article Submitted by Shawnda Peters
Whitewater High School Head Gymnastics Coach
speters@wwusd.org
Photos Courtesy of Bob Mischka and Coach Peters
By Chris Lindeke, Assistant Athletic Director, Strategic Communications and Branding, UW-W
Tuesday, February 22, 2022
The University of Wisconsin-Whitewater men’s basketball team used a suffocating defense and strong shooting on the offensive end Tuesday night on its way to a 72-49 win against UW-River Falls in the second round of the Wisconsin Intercollegiate Athletic Conference Tournament (presented by Culver’s) at Kachel Gymnasium.
With the victory, the fourth-seeded Warhawks (15-10 overall) advance to the tournament semifinals, where they’ll visit No. 1 seed UW-Oshkosh Thursday at 7 p.m.
Elijah Lambert tallied a career-high 25 points to go with six rebounds and four assists to lead UW-Whitewater, which shot 49.1 percent from the floor and held the Falcons (14-10) to 35.1 percent shooting. UW-W scored 22 points off UW-River Falls’ 18 turnovers.
Trevon Chislom registered 12 points and two steals, while Drew Fisher collected nine points and six rebounds off the bench.
The two teams exchanged baskets over the first six-plus minutes of the contest before the Warhawks embarked on a 9-0 run, including a 3-pointer by Lambert and two layups from Chislom, for a 19-10 lead with 10:51 remaining in the first half.
The Falcons recorded the next five points, but UW-Whitewater responded with another 9-0 run, including two buckets from Fisher, to make it 28-15 with 5:49 on the clock.
Gray gave UW-W its largest lead of the half at the 3:13 mark as his jumper made it 34-19. UW-River Falls scored four of the last five points in the period to narrow the Warhawk lead to 35-24.
Neither team scored in the second half until the 16:16 mark, when a 3-point play by Jack Brahm gave UW-Whitewater a 38-24 advantage. The play was part of UW-W’s 7-0 run to start the half.
The Warhawks’ lead never dipped below 11 in the second half.
UW-Whitewater will make its 13th appearance in the WIAC Tournament semifinals since the tournament’s inception in 1999. The winner of Thursday’s game advances to Saturday’s final at the highest remaining seed.
The Warhawks and UW-Oshkosh split a pair of meetings this season, including UW-W’s narrow 48-46 loss against the Titans on Feb. 16.
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